40 Bible Verses about Missionary Work

And consecrate the Lord God in your hearts: and being ready always for a justification to every one asking you the word of the hope in you with meekness and fear:

And all things of God, having reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and given us the service of reconciliation; For as God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their faults; and having set in us the word of reconciliation. For Christ therefore are we ambassadors, as of God beseeching by us: we pray for the sake of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.read more.
For him not knowing sin, he made sin for us; that we might be the justice of God in him.

Therefore, having gone, disciple all nations; immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:

For one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Having given himself a ransom for all, a testimony in his own time. For which I was placed a herald, and the sent, (I speak truth in Christ, I lie not;) a teacher of the nations in faith and truth.

And the morrow, these travelling, and drawing near to the city, Peter went up upon the house to pray about the sixth hour: And he was hungry, and would have eaten: and these making ready, a deep trance fell upon him, And he sees heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as a great linen napkin fastened at the four beginnings, and laid down upon the earth:read more.
In which were all the quadrupeds of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and the flying things of heaven. And a voice was to him, Having risen, Peter, kill, and eat. And Peter said, By no means, Lord; for never ate I anything common or unclean. And a voice again of a second time to him, What things God cleansed, do not thou make common. And this was for thrice: and again was the vessel taken up into heaven. And as Peter was doubting in himself what the vision might be which he saw, and behold, the man sent from Cornelius having asked for Simon's house, stood at the gate, And having called, they were inquiring if Simon, surnamed Peter, is received there as a guest. And Peter reflecting concerning the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek thee. But thou having risen, come down, and go with them, discussing nothing; for I have sent them.

And having come down to Cesarea having gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.

And having made a certain time, he came out, passing in order the Galatian country and Phrygia, supporting all the disciples.

And after these days, having packed up, we went up to Jerusalem.

Being present to you as also in all the world; and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day which ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth:

And he said to them, Having gone into all the world proclaim the good news to all creation.

Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the extremity of the earth, ye going down to the sea, and its fulness; the isles and their inhabitants. The desert and its cities shall lift up, the enclosures shall Kedar inhabit: they inhabiting the rock shall shout for joy, from the head of the mountains they shall shout for joy. They shall set glory to Jehovah, and they shall announce' his praise in the islands.

And I set a sign among them and I sent those escaping of them to the nations, Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing the bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles far off, that heard not my report, and saw not my glory; and they announced my glory among the nations.

And he said to them, That so has it been written, and so was it necessary for Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And repentance and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, having begun from Jerusalem.

And when God was contented, having separated me from my mother's womb, and having called me, by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might announce him the good news in the nations; I consulted not with flesh and blood:

Of which I was a servant, according to the stewardship of God, given to me for you, to complete the word of God; The mystery hid from times immemorial, and from generations, and now has been manifested to his holy ones: To whom God would make known what the riches of the glory of this mystery in the nations; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

And they serving the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate to me Barnabas and Saul to the work which I have called them.

Then said he to them, Truly the harvest much, and the laborers few: implore therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.

How then shall they call upon whom they believed not? and how shall they believe whom they heard not? and how shall they hear without him proclaiming? And how shall they proclaim, except they be sent? as has been written, How beautiful the feet of them announcing good news, peace, of them announcing good things!

From then Jesus began to proclaim, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.

And it was when Jesus finished ordering his twelve disciples, he went away from thence to teach and proclaim in all their cities.

And he says to them, We should lead into the next small cities, that I might proclaim there also: for, for this have I come forth. And he was proclaiming in their synagogues in the whole of Galilee, and casting out demons.

And it was afterwards, and he passed through city and town proclaiming and announcing good news, the kingdom of God; and the twelve with him,

And he made the twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to proclaim,

And he calls the twelve, and began to send them, two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

And Peter and John having answered to them, said, If it is just before God to hear you rather than God, judge ye. For we cannot, the things we have seen and heard, not speak.

And I would not ye should be ignorant, brethren, that many times I proposed to come to you, (and I was hindered till this time,) that I might have some fruit also in you, and in the rest of the nations. Both to Greeks, and foreigners; both to wise and unwise, I am debtor. So that for my part being zealous, also to you that in Rome, to announce the good news.

For if I announce the good news, there is no boasting to me: for necessity is laid upon me; and woe is to me, if I announce not the good news!

How exalted upon the mountains the feet of him announcing good news, causing peace to be beard: announcing good news of good, causing salvation to be heard; saying to Zion, Thy God reigns!

And how shall they proclaim, except they be sent? as has been written, How beautiful the feet of them announcing good news, peace, of them announcing good things!

And he said to another, Follow me. And he said, Lord, permit me having gone, first to inter my father. And Jesus said to him, Permit the dead to inter their own. dead; and thou, having gone, announce the kingdom of God. And another said, I will follow thee, Lord; and first permit me to take leave of those in my house.read more.
And Jesus said to him, No one putting his hand upon the plough, and looking back, is adapted to the kingdom of God.

And Moses will say to God, Who am I that I shall go to Pharaoh, and that I shall bring forth the sons of Israel, out of Egypt?

And Jehovah will say to him, Who set a mouth to man? or who set the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or blind? is it not I Jehovah? And now go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

And Jehovah will say to me, Thou shalt not say, I a boy; for thou shalt go to all to whom I shall send thee, and all which I shall command thee thou shalt speak Thou shalt not be afraid of their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee, says Jehovah. And Jehovah will stretch forth his hand and touch upon my mouth: and Jehovah will say to me, Behold, I gave my words into thy mouth.

And Jonah will rise up to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and he will go down to Joppa; and he will find a ship going to Tarshish, and be will give his hire, and he will go down in it to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah cast down a great wind upon the sea, and there will be a great storm upon the sea, and the ship was thought to be broken.

Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves.

And I shall hear the voice of Jehovah, saying, Whom shall I send, and who shall go for us? and behold me saying, Send me.

And being present with you, and having wanted, I acted not with negligence to any: (for the brethren having come from Macedonia filled up still more my want:) and I kept myself in every thing not burdensome to you, and I will keep.

And having known the grace given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, seeming to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hands of communion; that we for the nations, and they for the circumcision.

Whether therefore I or they, so we proclaim, and so ye believed.